TNR lands Oval Office Obama interview

1/23/13 10:12 AM EST

When The New Republic relaunches next week, its very first issue will feature an interview with President Obama, a magazine spokesperson tells POLITICO.

Owner and publisher Chris Hughes and editor Frank Foer recently sat down with the president in the Oval Office for a wideranging interview. Hughes, a co-founder of Facebook and the man behind Obama's online campaign efforts in 2008, bought the New Republic last year at the age of 28.

The interview is a huge get for the magazine as it seeks to make a statement with its relaunch.

The magazine's new logo here. More on the promise of TNR here and here.